Waves (Twilight)

Chapter 37

"So you and Paul huh, When were you going to tell me?" I look up from my painting and shrug while placing my brush in the cup of water next me to. We are currently in the living room with the baseball game playing in the background. Dad went to get food from the diner so i just decided to paint a little. With everything going on, i hardly ever get good sleep. Most nights im either drawing or talking to Paul, that is when he's not patrolling.

"What ever do you mean my dear sister?" I say grabbing some more paint from my container. Luckily all of our furry friends were busy so they weren't on guard today, which means I'm all clear to have girl talk with Bella. Something we haven't got to do in a bit. 

"That he imprinted on you?" She said to me like it was obvious. Imprinted? What does that even mean? "I mean i know we've had vampire drama but you can at least keep me up with all the wolf lingo instead of Jake telling me."  

"He what?" I ask confused. Imprinting sort of sounds like a tattoo or something, which makes no sense when it comes to Paul and me, unless he finally agreed on getting the matching peanut butter and Jelly toast ones i suggested we get together. I look over to her confused.

"What? Is it against the rules for Jake to keep me up on everything. Also why didn't you just tell me. I mean yea i would have been confused but still i would have been supportive and very happy for you. Its about time." Bella says looking up from her book. She must have seen how confused i was because she came over and sat down by me and places her hand on my shoulder.

"He did imprint on you right? I mean I'm not for sure on how the whole thing works but after I saw yall together yesterday i kind of put the pieces together." She said smiling down at me. I stared down at my painting even more confused. Girl barley hangs out with the wolfs like I do and knows more then me. 

I scoot around and face her "What are you even talking about? What's imprinting and why don't i know about it?" I look up at her to see her face go from smiley to confused very quickly. 

"Wait, have you and Paul not had this conversation yet. I mean i just assumed you knew. I mean you guys are together like all the time." She said quickly. 

"Um no. We haven't. What is this 'imprinting' you're talking about and what does it have to do with Paul and me?" I manage to say as my mind is all over the place. I mean is it bad? Why hasn't Paul told me? How does Jake know and now Bella knows? Who all knows? Why am i always out of the loop? 

"Uhh maybe I shouldn't be the one to tell you. You should just forget I even said anything. Don't even worry about it." She says patting my head and quickly stands up and walks to the kitchen. oh no you don't. I jump up and run behind her.

"No, you are not about to leave me hanging. I would never do that to you. It can't be that bad if Jake told you about it, just tell me. Please." I say while grabbing her hand.  "Please bells. Pleaseeeeeee." I stretch out my please for as long as i can till she finally gets annoyed and sighs.

"Okay fine fineeee. Ill tell you but you cant tell anyone that i told you okay." She says leaning against the counter in front of me. I smile and jump up to sit on the counter behind me. 

"Well when i went with Jake the other day, we were talking about Leah and Sam I was asking what happened with them and all that and he told me that Sam imprinted on Emily and i asked what that was. Then, well he told me about imprinting. Apparently its a "wolf thing". Something about gravity and how nothing else matters after you see them and they are literally everything to them and so on." Bella says before leaning over and grabbing two waters. She throws one to me and then opens hers. 

"So what like soulmates or something?" I question opening my water as well. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of having a soulmate. But at the same time it terrifies me. Having there be one person out there that's meant for you, just doesn't seem possible. 

Bella nods before saying "I mean that's kind of what I assume. That's the way it sounded and it didn't make any since to me till yesterday, when I saw the way Paul looked at you. It was like he would do literally anything for you. Dude looked lost until you were by his side. His whole face lit up and same with you. Its like you two complete each other." 

I look down and smile. I could literally feel my cheeks turning red. Does he really look at me like that? Never in my wildest dreams did I think a guy would ever look at me like that, or just look at me in general. I mean I've know for a while that I liked him but never did I assume he would feel the same...But what if he doesn't feel the same?

"Okay so if he really did "Imprint" on me, why didn't he tell me already? I mean i pretty much see him everyday?" I question while playing with my nails. I literally was just texting him too. How did this not come up? This isn't something you just keep from somebody.

"I don't know maybe he's nervous. Maybe he doesn't want to scare you off?" She suggests before shrugging. That's a good point. Just the thought of soulmates and love is a pretty scary thought but its not the worst thing. I mean come on, dude can turn into a literal wolf. I'm pretty sure we can get through anything at this point as long as we're together.

"Do you really think he imprinted on me?" I ask her while biting my lip. She nods with  smile on her face. I smile back before jumping off the counter and running over to her. I grab her hands and hug her tightly.

We hear a cough to our right and stop suddenly. We look over only to see dad leaning against the door frame with bags of food in his hands.  
"What on earth did I just walk into?" He questions with a smile. Bella and i look at each other and break out into a fit of giggles. He shakes his head before walking back to the living. We run after him quickly. I quickly head over to the table and clean up my painting stuff before placing it on an empty chair. I go sit on the couch and lean over to find my food.

I lean back with tons of thoughts in my head. I mean just because he "may have" imprinted on me doesn't totally mean he likes me. What if its just a friendly jester. Is this why he's always nice to me? What if he just sees me as a sister. Was he upset when it happened? Does he feel like he's stuck with me now? Was he dissapo...

I'm pulled out of my thoughts when i feel a hand grab my hand and squeeze it slightly. I look up to see Bella looking over at me worried. I smile slightly at her before squeezing her hand back. I turn back to the tv and grab a fry with my other hand. Worries still flouting in the back of my mind.